Fla. Legislators Trade Last-Minute Budget Offers
With a Tuesday deadline looming for a new state budget, Florida legislators are trading last-minute offers to come up with a final deal.
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With a Tuesday deadline looming for a new state budget, Florida legislators are trading last-minute offers to come up with a final deal.
It's coming down to the wire for Florida legislators in their current session. This week is their final week of their 60-day session and they still have lots of unfinished business, including whether to approve a strain of marijuana for medical use.
The Florida Senate passed a bill Friday seeking to reform the child welfare system by adding more than $47 million for services including adding nearly 200 more investigators.
Secret meetings could take place among state university foundations under a bill that's headed to Gov. Rick Scott.
A bill that would allow Florida students seeking a college scholarship from the state to work on political campaigns and get credit for it has passed the Florida Senate.
An abortion bill is headed to the Governor's office.
A bill that would market Florida as a destination for medical procedures has passed the Florida Senate.
The Florida House Thursday discussed a bill which would stop elected officials and top employees in state government from enrolling in the state's traditional pension plan.
With backers saying they are trying to better protect school children, the Florida House has approved a bill that would toughen penalties for teachers and other school employees who commit sexual offenses against students.
A proposal that would decriminalize a form of marijuana that could dramatically reduce seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy is on its way to the Senate floor but lacks the elements Gov. Rick Scott says he wants.
The Florida House has unanimously passed a bill that would ban the sales of electronic cigarettes to minors.
An 11th-hour amendment could revive legislation dealing with the state's de facto voucher system, boosting the chances for one of House Speaker Will Weatherford's priorities after it was left for dead.
The state's House and Senate are prepared to begin negotiations Monday night on a roughly $75 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1st.
The Florida Legislature is taking a break this week because of the Passover and Easter holidays.
Three state agency heads in danger of losing their jobs have been confirmed by the Florida Senate.
For those constantly nagged by unsolicited text messages, Florida's Senate may soon have a solution
A measure that would prohibit abortions after the viability of the fetus has been determined has passed the Florida House.
Florida lawmakers are moving forward with a controversial proposal that would place additional restrictions on abortions, largely barring the procedures if doctors determine that fetuses have reached viability.
With the House already giving approval last month, a Senate committee Tuesday backed a proposal (SB 1060) aimed at preventing schoolchildren from being disciplined for simulating guns while playing or for wearing clothes that depict firearms.
After drawing attention for several parasailing accidents, the Florida Senate took a step forward Thursday by approving a bill that will place government regulations on the industry.
After drawing attention to parasailing accidents, which have not only caused injuries but deaths as well, the Florida Senate has approved a bill that would place regulations on parasailing companies.
Florida's Senate has unanimously passed a measure which redefines child pornography under state law.
The Florida House and Senate are prepared to vote Thursday on each chamber's preferred version of the 2015 state budget.
A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday approved a sweeping child-welfare reform bill amid calls from foster parents to help more children and pleas from providers to fund the changes properly.
The Florida Legislature took time out of normal business Tuesday to honor the BCS National Champion Florida State Seminoles.
The chances of showers and thunderstorms this weekend are rising due to approaching tropical moisture.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was first granted in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake.
The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor's service history.
The stabbing took place at the Mobil gas station located in the 16000 block of Miramar Parkway, police say.
The incident took place in the area of Atlantic Boulevard near State Road 7 and Lakewood Circle.
The chances of showers and thunderstorms this weekend are rising due to approaching tropical moisture.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was first granted in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake.
The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor's service history.
The stabbing took place at the Mobil gas station located in the 16000 block of Miramar Parkway, police say.
The incident took place in the area of Atlantic Boulevard near State Road 7 and Lakewood Circle.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor's service history.
House Republicans adopted a budget resolution that kickstarts the party-line reconciliation process. It now heads to the Senate, where it'll face an uphill battle.
President Trump attended a dignified transfer honoring the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Middle East in recent days during the ongoing war with Iran.
President Trump said on Thursday the deal would include no enrichment of nuclear material.
A June 1 trial date was set Wednesday for Nicolás Maduro and his wife to face drug trafficking charges.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.